Ajax fails but status code is still 200 "OK"

Question

I'm not sure why this is happening but i have a simple Ajax Code:

$.ajax({ url: "/javascript/testing.js"})
    .done(function(data){ console.log(data) })
    .fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
         console.log(jqXHR);
    });

.fail() get's executed the status code is "OK". Also the data is present in responceText to the actual legit data. Why is this happening?

Answer 1

If you want to parse the javascript file, then the dataType should be script:

$.ajax({ url: "/javascript/testing.js", dataType: "script" })
.done(function(data){ console.log(data) })
.fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
     console.log(jqXHR);
});

If you are still getting a parserError then there is a problem with your testing.js file.

If you don't want to parse it and just retrieve it, then the dataType should be text:

$.ajax({ url: "/javascript/testing.js", dataType: "text" })